by christawojo@gmail.com | May 11, 2015 | 90s Monday
Girls that rock! Interesting factoid: During their performance at the 1992 Reading Festival, the band… were forced to stall their set. The rowdy crowd grew restless and began throwing mud onto the stage. In protest, lead vocalist Donita Sparks removed her tampon...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 3, 2015 | 90s Monday
One person commented on YouTube that the lead singer was “the love child of David Bowie and Christopher Walken.” LOL. What do you think? Whatever happened to these...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 27, 2015 | 90s Monday
This band always makes feel like reading Kerouac. I had this album on cassette back in the...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 20, 2015 | 90s Monday
This is one of my favorite Radiohead songs. Talk Show Host is from the Romeo + Juliet soundtrack circa 1996, and it’s on the playlist I listen to while writing my work in progress. I’m loyal to the 1968 movie so I wasn’t crazy about this modernized...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2015 | 90s Monday
I spent many afternoons languishing in delicious melancholy to this song. I am a poor, freezing-cold soul, So far from where I intended to go. Scavenging through life’s very constant lulls, So far from where I’m determined to go. Wish I knew the way to...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 23, 2015 | 90s Monday, On God
Jeff Buckley’s version of Hallelujah became more poignant for me after his somewhat absurd and untimely death, especially when I contemplated the meaning behind the song’s words. I like Jeff Kober’s interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 16, 2015 | 90s Monday
The ultimate crush song by Sophie B. Hawkins circa ’92. There’s also a banned version. Not sure what made it so scandalous, only it looks like she’s wearing a giant cloth diaper. Would you believe she’s pregnant at 50 years old? Rock on,...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 2, 2015 | 90s Monday
Who remembers this one? Sonic Youth. Cool ,cool, cool. Too cool for anyone You know, I never noticed the guy was playing the drums with a...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Feb 23, 2015 | 90s Monday
Classic 90’s theatrics with plenty of eyeliner. Love it!!! No wonder the album is called Hormonally Yours. ...
